Test-retest variability in children with epilepsy--a comparison of WISC-R profiles.
Reports of test-retest variability appear recurrently in relation to epilepsy. To date, the amount of information available on the stability of cognitive profiles over a number of years is limited. In this study, 45 children were assessed, using the Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children - Revised (WISC-R). The children were retested after a period of at least 2 years. A group of 20 children was tested 3 times. The average follow-up period was 4.2 years. Although most subjects in our sample had a high seizure frequency and continued to have their seizures during the period of follow-up, a marked stability of cognitive profiles is found over a period of time. These profiles show low scores for the subtests Information, Coding, Digit Span, Vocabulary and resemble profiles reported in other studies on subjects with intractable epilepsies.
Aldenkamp
A P
AP
Instituut voor Epilepsiebestrijding, Meer en Bosch/De Cruquiushoeve, Heemstede, The Netherlands.
Alpherts
W C
WC
De Bruïne-Seeder
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D
Dekker
M J
MJ
D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013997:Time Factors; D014888:Wechsler Scales
D000927:Anticonvulsants